Galley device



VA. D. AVERY.

GALLEY DEVICE. APPLlcArloN HLD JULY 24,192or $1,380,516, E Patented June7,1921.

sarai GALLEY nnvion.

:i ,asoma Specification of Letters Patent.

YPatented J une '7, 192i.

Application filed July 24, 1920. Serial No. 398,724.

To all whom z' may concern Be it known that I, ARTHUR D. Avnnr, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county ofLos Angeles and State of California, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Galley Devices, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to a galley device and has for an object theprovision of a device which will coperate with a printers galley wherebyany type within said galley may be held in absolutely uniform and rigidalinement. It has for a further object the provision of a device whichwill give easy access to the form upon said galley for altering orjustifying said formas well as providing a convenient method of rapidlyand accurately giving a uniform squeeze to the form. Another object isto prevent the material within the galley from being bent or twistedwhen the forms are locked.

ln practising the invention l provide a device which is utilized incombination with the ordinary form of printers galley, which galley maybe provided with a plurality of transverse perforations extending alongthe longitudinal parallel upstanding side edges of said galley, andwhich device consists in a rod having eccentric end portionswhichcoperate with the perforations. A tube rectangular in cross-sectionsurrounds a por tion of said rod and a handle means is likewise attachednear one end of said rod. A yielding means such as a spring isinterposed between one end of the rectangular bar and the handle means.The eccentric end portions of the rod are of suliicient length so thatby vcompressing the yielding means an eccentric end portion may bereadily removed fromone of the perforations and the entire bar liftedfrom the galley itself. within the perforations located in the sidewallsV of the galley will cause the lrod to travel Jforwardly orbackwardly, as the case may be. It is intended that the rod should havesuch an eccentric relation that moving the same will cause the device totravel aboutl a pica. Obviously if type or other form is now within thegalley7 moving the galley.

device adjacent an end portion of said form,

A rotation of the rod when confined Y and then rotating the device willcause it to squeeze against the form and hold said form 1n rigidalinement. It is therefore obvious that any. altering or justifying ofthe form may be readily made 'simply by releasing the galleydevice. Itis to be understood, of course, that the opposite ends of the galleydevice are to be inserted in perforations located in the wall members ofthe galley which are directly opposite one another.

Many of the devices on the market todav used lnvjustifying forms dependfor their .action upon squeezing the side walls of the galley or.1nhaving' an edge of the galley tray movable byl means of screws or othersuitable means. However, great difficulty is experienced with thedevices now on the market inv making a perfect form. In fact, ananalysis of the delays and trouble between the setting' of a type andits final acceptance on the press leads in nine cases out of ten directto the galley job. The reason for the imperfect make-up may be due to avariety of causes, such as the linotype slugs are not run true; cuts ofall sizes and shapes are inserted in the form; the furniture may bewarped, uneven or out of alinement; imperfect leads, slugs and rules;the squeezing, bythe hand, isvnot sulicient to secure a perfect, compactjob, that will always line up or will always lift on the stone; avariety of opinions among different com- `positors as to allowances andmeasurements; a lack of means of proving a job until it is tied up, anda disposition on the part of some compositors, if justifications arelnecessaryle to let the stone-man do it; and a lack of mechanical meansof determining b accurately these conditions which effect perfect]"ustification Theinvention has for further objects the provision of animproved galley device which will be superior in point of relativesimplicity and inexpensiveness, taken in conjunction with utility,durability and general eiciency and serviceability.

lilith the above and other objects in view, the invention consists inthe'novel and useful provision, formation, construction,` combination,association, inter-relationy of parts,

members and features, all as disclosed in the accompanying drawing,described in the following specification7 and linally pointed out inclaims.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a perspective view ofv a galley utilizing the improvedgalley device for justifying a form;

Fig. 2 is a fragmentary perspective view of an improved galley device;

'Fig'. 8 is an end view of the galley device;

Fig. A; is a fragmentary perspective view of an attachment used inconnection with the galley in place of boring holes upon upstanding sidewalls of the galley; and,

Fig. 5 is a plan view of the attachment used in connection with thegalley, certain parts being` shown in section.

Corresponding parts in all the figures are designated by the samereference characters.

Referring with particularity to the drawing, ri designates a galley, B agalley device, C an accessory attachment for the gal ley, and D a formwithin the galley, all of which elements used in practising oneembodiment of the invention.

The galley A is of standard form, in that it is tray-like in formationhaving its opposite longitudinal parallel sides provided with upstandingwall members 1 and 2, and an end member 8. @ne edge as 11 is open. rllhegalley A may be made in a variety of sizes; in fact, the galleyssupplied printers come in what might be called standard sizes, dependingupon the transverse width of the same.

Ilhe galley device B comprises in the main a rod 5 having eccentric endportions 6 and 7, which really comprise projections formed at the endsof the rod 5 and off center of same as the term indicates. Surrounding aportion of the rod 5 is a bar 8 which is rectangular in cross section,as shown at 9. A.

lever or handle is joined to and near one end ofthe rod 5 as at 11. T hefreeend of the lever or handle 10 is provided with a finger. grip 12. ltwill be observed that a portion as 13 of the lever 10 is angularly bent,for reasons about to be explained. A yielding means such as a spring 1ais interposed betweenan end of the rectangular tube 8 and the lever 10.The yielding means 14 is helical in nature and surrounds the rod 5.

Referring to Fig. 1 it will be observed that the side walls 1 and 2 ofthe galley have been bored so as to provide a plurality of equallyspaced transverse perforations 16. rlhe perforations 16 are so boredthatthe perforations on opposite sides of each wall member 1 and 2 aredirectly opposite.

The galley device shown in Figs. 2 and 3 above described is then placedupon the galleyA so that its eccentric end portions 6 and 7 may beplaced within certain of the perforations 16, as at 17 and 18. Theperforations 16 as at 17 and 18, it will be 0bserved, lie in the sameplane. Nhen the handle 10 is revolved from the dotted position shown toposition shown by full lines, it will be observed that the tube 8 issqueezed against an end of the form D in order to aline the same orjustify the form, as the case may be. Revolving the handle 10 back tothe dotted line shown will cause the tube 8 surrounding the rod 5 to berefracted and release the form D. The handle 10 is bent as at 13 so thatthe fingers may readily grip the portion 12 whenL the handle 10 is ineither one of the positions shown in Fig. 1. As is standard practice thesides 1 and 2 of the galley A are provided with indications a so thatthe galley device may be always placed within the same perforations 16for justifying the form. Cfttimes a form D will bulge in the center, dueto the unevenness of the linotype or the cuts, etc., and a releasing' ofthe galley device by rotating the handle 10 will allow a piece ofcardboard or other material to be inserted in the center of the form Dso that when the galley device is again locked in position7 the bulge isremoved frein the form.

An acccessory device C may be provided so that boring holes in the sides1 and 2 of the galley may be obviated. lt has been stated above that thegalley A may come in standard forms, and for this reason it is possibleto provide accessory devices C of different lengths to correspond withthe size of the galley used. The accessory device C comprises a barwhich is provided with a plurality of spaced transverse perforations Z).An end ofthe accessory device C as at 19 is angularly disposed as at 2Oand then spacedly returned as at 21. The opposite end ofthe accessorydevice C is provided with a threaded extension 22 upon which a wing nut23 turns.

Referring to Fig. e1, it will be seen that the end 3 of the galley A isprovided with per.- forations 2i located near the side walls 1 and 2. lnfact, the perforations 2d are located a distance sufficient so that whenthe thread-i ed extension 22 ofthe device C is passed through theperforations the device C will be held adjacent the sides 1 and 2respectively. rThe angularly disposed, spaced and returned end of thedevice C surrounds and coperates with the free end as 25 of each of thesides 1 and 2as shown in Fig. 4. lVhen the wing nut 23 is screwed uponthe threaded extension 22 it will bear against the outside wall portionof the end wall 3 and tend to pull the device C. lt will thus beobserved that the device C may be rigidly locked in position.

The operation is as follows:

Two of the accessory devices C aresupplied with the. galley deviceB andthe accessoryV devices are arranged upon the galley adjacent the sidewalls thereof, as has been described. The galley device B is then soplaced that one of its eccentric ends passes within the -perforations b.To this end when the devices C are supplied the eccentric end portionsof the galley device B will have to vbe of such length thatthe eccentricend portions may readily beV insorted within the perforations orreleased therefrom. This might be done by having one of the eccentricend portions opposite, for instance, the lever, one-half the length ofthe. other eccentric end portion. rlhe yielding means tends to yforcethe eccentric end portion within the perforation so as to hold thegalley device in position so that it will not escape from theperforation. lf, as stated, the end opposite the handle means isone-half the length of the opposite ecceni tric end portion, and anaccessory device C is utilized, the galley device B will have to be of alength so that it may be releasec from the perforations b, when theaccessory device C is in position upon the galley. The longest eccentricportion may be inserted within the perforation b so that it extendsthrough said perforation; then the otherportion will be just even withthe perfora tion in the opposite accessory device C. Releasing theaccessory device from its spring compression will force the shorter-,eccentric end portion Within the perforation, and it will then beobserved that each of the eccentric end portions only extend half Ywaythrough the perforations. 0f course if the galley device has itsopposite upstanding wall portions l and 2 bored a particular differencein the length of the eccentric portions will not be necessary.

lt is obvious that many changes and variations and modifications may bemade in departure from the .particular description, such as prouding theaccessory attachment C with a longitudinal slot having one edge thereofserrated in place. vof providing a plurality of perforations Z), andproviding the eccentric end portions with knife-like projections tocoperate with the serrated portions,all without departing from orvarying the conditions or requirements of the invention as shown.

l-aving thus disclosed my invention, l claim and desire to secure byLetters Patent:

l. ln a galley device, the combination with a printers galley, of arotatable member adj ustably and removably held between the side wallsthereof in such a manner as to cause the body portion thereof to moveforward or backward when rotated, whereby any forms within the galleymay be justi.

ed; said rotatable means having a part for engaging the form.

2. ln a galley device, the combination with a printers .galley havingside walls formed with erforations, of rotatable means adjustab y andremovably held between the side Walls and within the perforationsthereof; said rotatable means having a part for engaging a form withinthe galley whereby upon a rotation of the galley device the form may bejustified.

3. ln a galley device, the combination with a printers galley havingside walls formed with perforations, of rotatable means adjustably andremovably held between the side walls and within the perforationsthereof; said rotatable means having a part for engaging a form withinthe galley whereby upon a rotation of the Agalley device the form may bejustified; said galley device being provided with eccentric endportions. f

4i. In a galley device, the combination with a printers galley and itslongitudinal side walls, of bars provided with perfora tions, removablycooperating with said walls and with perforations therein, and rotatablemeans detachably joining certain perforations in the bars whereby anyforms within the galley may be justified; said rotatable means having apart for engaging the forni.

ln a galley device, the combination with a printers galley and itsparallel walls, of bars provided with perforations, removably associatedtherewith, and a rod provided with eccentric ends adapted to be receivedwithin the perfora'tions of the bars, removably to securev the rodthereto, and whereby upon rotation of said rod it alters its position sothat any form within the galley may be given a uniform squeeze andmaintained in rigid alinement; said rotatable means having a part forengaging 'the form.

(hln a galley device, the combination with a printers galley providedwith upstanding parallel side walls and an end wall, of a bar disposedadjacent each of said parallel side walls; each of said bars'having aspacedly returned end portion for cooperating with an end of theupstanding parallel side walls of the galley, and means at the oppositeends of said bars coperating with the end wall of the galley formaintaining the bars in rigid position.

7. ln a galley device, the combination with a printers galley providedwith upstanding parallel Vside walls and an Vend wall, of a bar disposedadjacent each of said parallel side walls; each of said bars having aspacedly returnedend portion for cooperating with an end of theupstanding parallel side walls of the galley, and means at the oppositeends of said bars coperating with the end wall of the galley formaintaining the bars in rigid position; said means comprising a threadedportion on the end of said bars passing through a perforation in the endwall of the galley, and

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wing nuts upon the threaded portion for adjustment against the end wall.

8. ln a galley device, the combination with a printers galley providedwith iupstanding parallel side walls and an end wall, of a bar disposedadjacent each of said parallel side walls; each ot said bars having aspacedly returned end portion `for cooperating with an end of theupstanding parallel sic e walls oi the galley, and means at the oppositeends of said bars coperating with the end wall et the galley 'lormaintaining the bars in rigid position; each of the bars being providedwith spacedly arranged transverse pertorations, and means adjustably andremovably cooperating with the said bars and the periorations therein,whereby any 1form within the galley may be justiiied; said last namedmeans having a part 'for engaging the form.

9. A. galley device for use in combination with a printers galley,comprising a rod having eccentric end portions, a tubular portionrectangular in cross section surroinfiding said rod, a handle joined tothe rod provided with eccentric end portions, andryielding meansdisposed between the handle and the tubular rod which is rectangular Vincross section.

10. ln a galley device, the combination with a printers galley, ofrotatable means adjustably and removably mounted between the side wallsthereof7 whereby any forms within the galley may be justiiied; saidrotatable means having a part for engaging the form; said part forengaging the form comprising a tube rectangular' in cross sectionloosely surrounding said rotatable means.

l1. ln a galley device, the combination with a printers galley havingside walls formed with perforations, of rotatable means adjustably andremovably held between the side walls and within the perforationsthereof; said rotatable means having a part for engaging a form withinthe galley whereby upon a rotation of .the galley Vde-V vice the formmay be justiied; said rotatable means comprising a rod provided witheccentric end portions.

12. ln a galley device, the combination with a printersv galley havingside walls formed with perforations, of rotatable means adjustably andremovably held between the side walls and within the perforationsthereof; said rotatable means having a part for engaging a orm Vwithinthe galley whereby upon a rotation of the galley device the form may bejustilied; said r0- tatable means comprising a rod provided witheccentric end portions, and said part for engaging the form comprising atube rectangular in cross section loosely surrounding said rod.

18. ln a galley device, the combination with a printers galley havingside walls formed with perforations, of rotatable means adjustably andremovably held between the side walls and within the periorationsthereof; said rotatable means having a part for engaging a torni withinthe 'galley whereby upon a rotation of the galley device the form may bejustified; said r0- tatable means comp 'ising a rod provided witheccentric end portions, and said part for engaging the form comprising atube rectangular in cross section loosely surrounding said rod; handlemeans being joined to'said rod whereby the said rod may be rotated, andyielding means interposed between the handle and the tube which isrectangular in cross section, whereby the rotatable means may beprevented from accidental detachment from the perforations.

In testimony whereof, l have signed'my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribingwitnesses.

Y AP THUR, D. AVERY.

Witnesses A. l-l. LOEFFLER, J. CALVIN BROWN.

